All migrants who arrive in Europe with the help of human traffickers will be automatically denied asylum in Austria, under new plans revealed by its Interior Minister.
Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl, a member of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), said his plans aim to punish migrants using smugglers by handing down an automatic negative asylum decision.
Kickl told local media that he hopes Austrian laws will be amended to enable this policy provision and that Austria’s immigration stance should head in this direction.
The Austrian minister said it was unfair that someone who could afford the services of human traffickers had a greater chance of asylum than others who could not.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, leader of the Austrian People’s Party (OVP) recently hinted at a similar idea.
Kurz said: “It is not the poorest who flee, but those who can afford human traffickers.”
Source: Daily Mail
